καλοκαγαθία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κᾰλοκᾰ́γᾰθος (kălokắgăthos, “gentleman”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from κᾰλὸς καὶ ᾰ̓γᾰθός (kălòs kaì ăgăthós, “beautiful and good”), shortened as κᾰλός κᾰ̓γᾰθός (kălós kăgăthós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɡa.tʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɡaˈtʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.lo.ka.ɣaˈθi.a/
Noun
κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾱ • (kălokăgăthĭ́ā) f (genitive κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- gentlemanliness; nobility (the traits and character of a gentleman)
- Antonym: ῥᾳδῐουργῐ́ᾱ (rhāidĭourgĭ́ā)
- (philosophy) kalokagathia
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾱ hē kălokăgăthĭ́ā |
τὼ κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾱ tṑ kălokăgăthĭ́ā |
αἱ κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́αι hai kălokăgăthĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾱς tês kălokăgăthĭ́ās |
τοῖν κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́αιν toîn kălokăgăthĭ́ain |
τῶν κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐῶν tôn kălokăgăthĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾳ tēî kălokăgăthĭ́āi |
τοῖν κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́αιν toîn kălokăgăthĭ́ain |
ταῖς κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́αις taîs kălokăgăthĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾱν tḕn kălokăgăthĭ́ān |
τὼ κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾱ tṑ kălokăgăthĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾱς tā̀s kălokăgăthĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾱ kălokăgăthĭ́ā |
κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́ᾱ kălokăgăthĭ́ā |
κᾰλοκᾰγᾰθῐ́αι kălokăgăthĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: kalokagathia (see more at translations)
- → Serbo-Croatian: kalokagàtija, калокага̀тија
Further reading
- “καλοκαγαθία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- magnanimity idem, page 507.